All Souls Episcopal Church, Washington, DC: Music


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Music at All Souls Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. - Colossians 3:16 Here at All Souls we believe that music is more than a performance art. For many of us, music is a means of prayer, worship, and spiritual encouragement—whether we are singing, playing, or listening. Our 11:00 a.m. service on Sundays is full of music, including the hymns, psalms, acclamations and prayers that are shared by all the people as well as special offerings by our choir and other musicians. Additional musicians are often added to help celebrate special holidays, especially Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, and the Feast of All Saints and All Souls. Our choir includes both volunteer and staff singers and generally totals 20-24 singers. While our volunteer singers are of mixed ability, all members of our choir need to be experienced singers who can sight read well as we handle a large volume of music with a relatively small amount of rehearsal time. If you are interested in singing with our choir, please reach out to our Director of Music to arrange a time to meet and vocalize to see if we would be a good fit for you!

Director of Music

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Robert Stubbs is Director of Music and Organist at All Souls Episcopal Church, where he joined the staff in 2017. He directs the parish choir of both volunteers and professionals. Bobby has been the consultant for the Organ Committee and designed the specification for a new instrument from Walker Technical Company which will be installed in the third quarter of 2021. He is also Chapel Organist and Associate Director of Choral Music at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia. Prior to returning to the DC area where he grew up, Bobby was Organ Scholar at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in San Antonio, Texas. He earned Bachelor and Master of Music degrees, both in organ performance, at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey and Indiana University respectively. His teachers include Alan Morrison, Janette Fishell, Bruce Neswick, and Robert Brewer.

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In Residence

All Souls is proud to have the
a cappella group The Capital Hearings as our ensemble in residence! They rehearse in our space, put on concerts in the nave once or twice a year, and have even recorded albums here!